St. Paul Pioneer Press tech blog by Julio Ojeda-Zapata

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St. Paul Pioneer Press tech blog by Julio Ojeda-Zapata

Minnesota YouTube videos go 360

The Twin Cities’ own Chuck Olsen demonstrates this in dramatic fashion with a new video shot in various places, such as Lake Superior’s North Shore and the Minnesota State Fair.

The video is not a passive viewing experience. It’s an active one.

Drag around with your mouse or your finger, and you can gape in every direction. As you do this, the video keeps running. It is a 360-degree experience, but with moving instead of static images like those in older-style 360-degree panoramas.